For Romney campaign, a problem with the blame-stream media

It’s one of the oldest tricks in the Republican playbook: In times of political crisis, blame the liberal mainstream media.

Whether justified or not — and it varies — attacks against the press have served as a conservative defense mechanism for decades: from George H.W. Bush’s “Annoy the media!” bumper sticker in 1992 to Sarah Palin’s criticisms of the “liberal lamestream media” in 2008 to the billboards and advertisements around the country this year that read, “Don’t believe the liberal media!”

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But in an election season in which leading conservative voices have often led the charge in faulting their candidate, Republican Mitt Romney, over his campaign strategy, his penchant for secrecy and the vagueness of his policy platforms, “blame the liberal media” has become a problematic rallying cry. Traditionally, conservatives have locked arms and defended the standard-bearer when he’s on his heels — but since Romney emerged as the presumptive nominee, there has been a pervasive feeling among establishmentarians and right-wing pundits alike that Romney is not their man.

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board slammed Romney for being too vague on his health care policy proposals. The Weekly Standards’ Bill Kristol knocked the candidate for running a “pre-Ryan sort of campaign” comparable to that of Michael Dukakis in 1988. Radio show host Laura Ingraham chastised Republicans for losing what should be a “gimme” election and said the party should be “shut down” if Romney doesn’t beat President Barack Obama. Rush Limbaugh suggested that the party was insufficiently conservative. And this was just the latest round in the ongoing criticism Romney has had to face from his own side over the last year.

In that context, it is difficult to see how this past week’s rallying cry against the “liberal mainstream media” — over the media’s coverage of Romney’s criticism of the president’s foreign policy and of Obama himself — lasts beyond the current news cycle. The ambition of such attacks has always been to deflect criticism against the right and demonize a coalition of opposition on the left. But even leading conservative voices who leveled criticisms against the political press this week caution against relying on a Palin-style anti-media effort.

Kristol wrote Wednesday that Romney was “right to reject the counsel of the mainstream media, which is to keep quiet and give President Obama a pass” and told POLITICO that the media does have a liberal bias. “There is a ‘gotcha’ culture, and they’re happier to play ‘gotcha’ with Republicans than with Democrats,” he said.

It’s one of the oldest tricks in the Republican playbook: In times of political crisis, blame the liberal mainstream media.- Team Politco/Obama

............... BS !

You're off topic Politco.........

We Want Answers....................

We want to know why Obama failed to have any security around Chris Stevens in Lybia of all places.

On just not any day Politico..........September 11th ........... 9/11

MSM Wolfpack treat Obama like you treated George W. Bush.....

MSM ask questions of Obama like you asked of George W. Bush......

MSM Wolfpack do your job ! Stop covering up the FACT that we have four dead Americans because this president, Barack Obama, and the State Department failed to protect America citizens in the Middle East on September 11th..................9/11

At this point Politico has zero credibility left as an impartial organization. At a time when Obama's Middle East policy is under serious questions in the wake of the ongoing violence against US embassies -- we get yet another hit piece on Romney!

Anything to shift the focus from the fact that under Obama's watch we lost the first ambassador in the line of duty since 1979 or that the US credit rating was downgraded once again today! And of course make sure to bury the reports that the administration actually had warnings but failed to increase security for US diplomats!

If the flaks at Politico think it's only Republicans who are on to the media's shilling for Democrats and particularly Obama, you are kidding yourselves.

The problem Mr Romney has with the main stream media is that he is white man. a Mormon, has a (R) after his name on the ballot, hates women, hates illegal alien, hates the elderly, hates people who kill Americans, defends our allies, knows how to fix the economy without bankrupting this country, does not try to deny Americans their right to free speech, other that that the main stream media just adores him and gives him fair and balanced coverage.

Now who in heavens name can fault the media for not being able to overlook these grievous flaws in Mr Romneys character and political thinking?

The mainstream media is totally in the tank for anyone in the Democratic party and has been ever since the days of Nixon. Now it's become so obvious to so many people that the left-wing media may have to actually address it.. But of course they will address it by denying that it exists.

* The press will dig through mountains of trash and garbage to get dirt on any Republican running for office, but has paid no attention to the radical leftist past of Obama, not only cooperating in the coverup of his past life, but going so far as attacking anyone who looks into it.

* We see story after story in Politico and the rest of the liberal media slinging mud at Republicans, but never anything of the sort on Democrats.

* Negative news about Obama and his enablers is ignored or quickly swept under the rug. For example - the foreign policy failure of Obama leading to the attacks on our embassies. Reading Politico yesterday you would never know it had even happened. Certainly the leftist media is not offering any analysis of why this happened other than that fairy tale of some U-tube video.

You could go on and on and on with the leftist bias of the media, but what's the point? Nearly everyone now understands that the press is biased, their stories cannot be taken at face value, they do not present ALL the news - the concentration is on that which will aid Democrats or harm Republicans.

Now their bias is beginning to affect their bottom line. Newsweek was sold for one dollar, and it was no bargain at that price. The New York Times is going broke as are most liberal rags, and the viewership for the liberal news on TV is declining. The liberal media has lost the trust of the American people and they will NEVER get it back.

Perceptions (Deceptions) , maybe after your boy Mittwit loses you could get a job as one of those obnoxious guys doing commercials that sell rediculous products for $19.95. You certainly have the credentials. Repeat the same bullsh.it over and over and over and try to make what you are peddling seem to be of value.

We have four dead Americans that should alive today spending time with their wifes and children........

But they are dead ..........they are dead because of the failure of the Obama Administration to protect them on September 11......9/11

Not just any day but Al Qaeda's day......the day of the year they are most likely to strike out at America.

The MSM Wolfpack is CORRUPT, Dirty, and Dishonest. They continue to Lie and Mislead the American people and have now are attempting to Re-install Barack Obama in November........

We The People want answers! We want the MSM wolfpack to ask the tough questions to Obama..............why in the hell did Chris Stevens only have two ex-seals and four Lybians guards as security on September 11th, 9/11 ?

Obama has now failed the American people on Domestic policy and Foreign policy.

Why does the Arab world hate Obama's America ?

With an effigy of Barack Obama in the background, Afghans shout anti-American slogans in the Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 (PHOTO - Rahmat Gul/AP)